麻豆传媒

Biography

Degree	Major Emphasis/Program Name	Institution	Year
Ph.D.		University of Arkansas	2023
M.S.		University of Texas - Pan American (University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley)	2007
B.S.		Cornell University	2004

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As an ecological physiologist (and herpetologist) who focuses on nutritional ecology, Dr. Jason Ortega examine the factors that impact energy gain, energy use, and the overall effects of temperature variation. An understanding of the mechanisms that shape animal energy budgets and how they are impacted by altered thermal regimes are vital to predicting how species will respond to stressors such as parasites, habitat degradation, and microplastic pollution.'

• Hazelrig, C.M., Farrell, T.M., Palmisano, J.N., Haynes, E., Maerz, J.C., Meichner, K., Zhang, J., Garrett, K.B., Yabsley, M.J., Ortega, J., Christopher A. Cleveland, C.A., and Nemeth, N.M. 2026. Hematological Analysis in Free-Ranging Native Snakes Associated with One or More Potential Pathogens in the Southeastern United States. Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery. 09 September 2026.
• Hazelrig, C.M., Farrell, T.M., Palmisano, J.N., Ossiboff, R.B., McCray, M., Haynes, E., Maerz, J.C., Meichner, K., Zhang, J., Garrett, K.B., Yabsley, M.J., Ortega, J., Christopher A. Cleveland, C.A., and Nemeth, N.M. 2026. Health assessment and multipathogen surveillance in free-ranging snakes native to the southeastern United States. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 13:1754420
• Farrell, T.M., Palmisano, J. N., Ossiboff, R. J., Walden, H.D.S., Ortega, J. 2025. Native and
  Nonindigenous Anurans and Lizards are Intermediate Hosts for the Invasive Pentastome Parasite, Raillietiella orientalis, in Florida. Ichthyology & Herpetology, 113(3): 573-578.
• Carnes-Mason, M.D., Ortega, J., Beaupre, S.J., 2024. The Metabolic Effort and Duration of Ecdysis in
  Timber Rattlesnakes: Implications for Time-Energy Budgets of Reptiles. Ecol Evol Physiol 97, 129-143.
• Lind, C.M., Agugliaro, J., Ortega, J., Palmisano, J.N., Lorch, J.M., Truong, T.B., Farrell, T.M. 2024.
  Glucocorticoid and Glycemic Responses to Immune Challenge in a Viviparous Snake Afflicted with an Emerging Mycosis. J Exp Bio, 227(22).
• Brewster, C. L., Gifford, M., Ortega, J., and Beaupre, S. J. 2021. Analyzing Time-Energy
  Constraints to Understand the Links between Environmental Change and Local Extinctions in Terrestrial Ectotherms. American Naturalist, 198(6).
• Brewster, C. L., Ortega, J., and Beaupre, S. J. 2020. Integrating Bioenergetics and Conservation
  Biology: Thermal Sensitivity of Digestive Performance in Eastern Collard Lizards (Crotaphytus collaris) May Affect Population Persistence. Conservation Physiology, 8(1).
• Hood, S. E., Kofler, X. V., Chen, Q., Scott, J., Ortega, J., and Lehmann, M. H. 2020. Nuclear
  Translocation Ability of Lipin Differentially Affects Gene Expression and Survival in Fed and Fasting Drosophila. Journal of Lipid Research, 61(12).
• Smith, M. T., Ortega, J., and Beaupre, S. J. 2014. Metabolic Cost of Venom Replenishment by
  Prairie Rattlesnakes (Crotalus viridis viridis). Toxicon. 86(2014):1-7.
• Ortega, J. and F. Zaidan III. 2009. Observations of Flotsam Entrapment in the Northern
  Diamond-back Watersnake (Nerodia r. rhombifer). Herpetological Conservation and Biology. 4(2):270-276.

 

Herpetology, Animal Physiology, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, Human Physiology, Human Anatomy, Nutritional Physiology

• President, Arkansas Academy of Science (2026 - 2027)
• 麻豆传媒 AR INBRE representative (Fall 2023 鈥� present)

• NIH Resource Limited Institution Grant 鈥� S10 PI 鈥淎dvanced Respirometry System for Expanding Research and Educational Capacity in Biomedical Sciences at University of Arkansas 鈥� Fort Smith鈥� Awarded Fall 2026
• SURF, Teague, I. and Ortega, J. 鈥淢icroplastic Abundance and Variation within Non-Web Building Spiders: Dolomedidae and Lycosidae鈥�, Awarded Fall 2025
• SURF, Zink, S., and Ortega, J. 鈥淚nvestigating Microplastic Pollution Patterns in Web-using Arachnids (Araneidae and Tetragnathidae)鈥�, Awarded Fall 2025
• AR INBRE Shared Equipment Grant PI 鈥淎cquisition of a Raman Spectrometer to Strengthen Teaching and Research鈥� Awarded Fall 2024